(Sports Network) - Former first-round pick Jacob Turner makes his second start
of 2012 tonight, when the Detroit Tigers host the Los Angeles Angels of
Anaheim in game two of a four-game set at Comerica Park.

The ninth overall selection in 2009, Turner reached the majors with three
starts last season and was 0-1 with an 8.53 earned run average while allowing
17 hits and walking four batters in 12 2/3 innings.

He's spent time in the minors at Single-A Lakeland and Triple-A Toledo this
season, going 5-4 in 14 starts with a 2.77 ERA in 84 1/3 innings.

His lone big-league appearance of the year came June 21 against St. Louis,
when he pitched five interleague innings and allowed a run on four hits in a
game the Tigers ultimately won, 2-1.

Overall, in 17 2/3 innings in the majors, batters are hitting a combined .296
against him.

On Monday, Brennan Boesch capped a three-run seventh inning with a two-run
home run and the Tigers held on for an 8-6 win.

Delmon Young knocked in two runs, Prince Fielder went 2-for-3 with an RBI
single and two runs scored and Quintin Berry added three hits, including an
RBI single, and two critical stolen bases in the victory for the Tigers,
winners in eight of their last nine games.

"It never feels good when you don't come through, but it makes it all worth it
when you do," Boesch said. "You're not always going to come through in big
situations, but it feels really special when you do."

Octavio Dotel (3-2) earned the win with an inning and one-third of scoreless
relief behind starter Rick Porcello, who allowed five runs on eight hits in 5
2/3 frames.

Torii Hunter finished 4-for-5 with three RBI, while Albert Pujols, Mike Trout
and Mark Trumbo each drove in a run for the Angels, who have dropped three of
their past four.